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Op 4-12-2011 13:03, andrew clarke schreef:
> From what I understand, the focus is on releasing FreeBSD 9.0, and 8.3 
> will be released after that. But 9.0 is still in testing. Despite the 
> message, I suspect security updates for 8.2 will still be issued for 
> several months after 8.3 is released, to give people plenty of time to 
> test 8.3 first before upgrading their 8.2 machines.

Good to know. Thanks for the answer. I never go to a .0 release on a 
production server. Probably will switch to 9.1 or 9.2 when it's ready 
and stay with the 8.x series 'till then.